Record companies have been overcharging people for way too long and now this is the trouble that they’re in.
BLACK FRANCISWhen I think about that I get stimulated and excited. It’s a feeling that you can’t label with words.
More Black Francis Quotes
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I don’t want to do children’s music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids – like when I’m putting them to bed.
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That’s more important even then what their background is or what they’ve done before, how good they are, how new they are or whatever. All that stuff is really secondary to just getting along with the person.
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One guy just kept asking me and asking me in an interview, and I kept saying, “I just got done telling you no, there’s nothing to report.”
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I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.
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I have two step-kids and one of my own on the way. That’s three college funds.
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If you’re a good band then the filter of the band is pretty strong.
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I think if everyone agrees that that’s the goal then it doesn’t matter who’s the band and it doesn’t matter who’s the producer. It just means that that you try to realise the ambition no matter what the situation is or who the people are.
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I’m always looking to rock out. But it isn’t really about rocking out versus being mellow, in terms of your personal satisfaction. In the end, you just want to be good.
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Most of them are mangled and even have made up stuff in them, that is to say, made up stuff by the writer or editor.
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I think that painting is a very ancient form of expression.
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I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend’s driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.
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My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn’t how people are going to receive them, because they don’t know the code.
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The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.
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Who do sing SONGS. It’s like I never sang before; like I was – I don’t know – reading PROSE on my previous records and now I sing. EXCUUUUUUSE me for singing
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I’m really inspired by the interplay of visual art and music, a total artistic environment where there’s sound and visuals.
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